The truth about racism

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From a report on the Head Start program, an pre-kindergarten program for impoverished children:

Head Start provides comprehensive services for
children from low-income families, aged three to
five. The program is administered by the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Grants are awarded to public or private non-profit
agencies by ACF Regional Offices and the Head
Start Bureau’s American Indian and Migrant
Programs Branches. The community has to match
twenty percent of the program cost.
According to information provided by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Children and Families, Head
Start programs are tailored to the local needs of the
participating children and the community served.
However, all Head Start programs must focus on:

education

nutrition

socio-economic development

physical and mental health

parental involvement


White children who participated in Head Start
were 47% less likely to repeat a grade later in
elementary school when compared to their
siblings who did not attend the program.

African American children were found to lose
benefits gained from Head Start faster than
white children and, by age 10, they retained no
gains, while white children still retained an
overall gain of five percentage points.

WTH?